My buddy Rick calls me up one evening and ask me to come over to his house, He has a big favor to ask me. So being the nice guy I am I go right away I have known Rick for years and he has never ask me for a favor before, So I figured it must be important, And I head over to his place right away. hen I get there Rick informs me he had a norther guy he knows that was a diver owed him some money, and he wanted me to buy the gear this guy gave him instead of paying of that debt as he had to give diving up a couple years ago do to poor health.
Now Rick not knowing any thing about dive gear told his friend that he would have to see if I would be willing to buy the gear off Rick for the amount the other guy owed him, If I thought it was worth that amount or not. Other wise they would not have a deal and the guy would still have to pay Rick the money.
So I Said to Rick I don't know lets look at the gear first Bro
at which point Rick leads me out to his garauge and there before me is some of the sweatiest looking dive gear and I start to laugh out loud,
Thinking that my friends are trying to pull my leg or that I must be on Candid Camera or something like that.
To which Rick said and I quote " That fat read headed Son Of a B@#*&
I am going to kick his ass so bad "
I ask Rick this is a joke on me right this gear is worth a nice bit of cash just from what I can see here on the bench
to which Rick told me again " pay me what this dude owes me and its all yours "
So I was thinking OK we must be talking about at least two grand
But nope I was wrong turns out this guy had bought a motor for his truck and was to pay Rick get this $150.00 to put it in for him
yep you seen that right and no this is not a typo One hundred and fifty bucks and it was all mine.
So as you may have guessed by now I took him up on his offer
and here is a sample of what I got for my trouble
Uwatec Aladin Sport Computer
![Image](http://a567.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/29/l_08a470d6ebf51c7336b21ad19c5b75f6.jpg)
Aqua lung Titanium First Stage
![Image](http://a666.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/59/l_317eaef034f4cd8e00c0124a885d5e19.jpg)
Aqua Lung LX Primary reg
![Image](http://a921.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/104/l_ea00d3bbc58ecea42063d7e0397e3c50.jpg)
Parkway Nova 2 back up reg
![Image](http://a432.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/20/l_658bd7e35120d9fdb59205d2c93980a7.jpg)
and a bunch more like a D 4 dive light
a wet suit which I sold to a norther dive Buddy for half of what I paid for the hole lot of gear
a BCD that is dam near like brand new
its a Sea Quest Pro size XXL ( I might sell it ) oddly enough it does fit me a little lose but I could dive it
and there is a AL 80 tank needs hydro and vis but I have no doubt this tank Will pass both
and there was a set of Tusa Gages Analog Depth gage and a SPG
Not a bad haul for $150.00 huh?
then two days latter a buddy I worked with called me up and told me he was on his way over to my place he had a suprise for me
When Brice showed up at my place he had a AL 80 tank in need of hydro and Vis but I think it to will pass inspection fine
and a pair of Mares MR 12 III regulators with a set of Suunto analog gages no computer but it all was for me
they were just laying about in his friends house and no one was using them so Brice told his friend that if he did not want them he knew a guy that would find a use for them
this guy told Brice to tell me for a case of beer I could have them if I thought it was worth it
so I jumped on that deal as well
so now I ask you again did I score or what?
I tell you I have some of the greatest non diving Buddy's in the world
I should proudly take both of these guys to dinner though huh?
Sparky